With Nigel away it's left to me to do all the fetching and carrying of kids and whatever else might need transporting about ie work mail, groceries etc.
However I have managed to stitch away on this work 'secret santa' gift and am almost at the end of the stitchery design - I'm showing you two photos, one with flash and one without because I couldn't decide which was the truest.
I've just used an assortment of all the reds and dark greens I had in my thread boxes - a legacy from many years of cross stitching, before I discovered quilting - and it's strange how the colours have almost gravitated towards their own spectrum mates.To save me having to do a battle royal with metallic threads for the gold stars and candle flame I thought I'd experiment with two different shades of ordinary stranded floss. The two little cards at the bottom are the colours I used and I'm delighted with the result.
Once this is completed, probably this evening, I'm not sure what to do next with it.
I think I might just add a border and bind it making it into a wall hanging - too much fancy piecing might make it a bit busy and unwieldy - the jury's still out - we'll see....................
13 comments:
Great work on your stitchery! Lovely!
That's lovely Anne. Is this the one you designed yourself?
Looks great. My secret Santa recipient is getting a hand knitted baggie.
Your speed takes my breath away! Well done.
Oh it looks great . . . your solution for the stars is perfect - metallic would have been to shiny and distracting.
It's a lovely stichery - almost tempts me to do one myself, but my letters would be so off-kilter it's not worth trying!
Oh I love it even more tonight! It is wonderful! How about a thin inner border and then brocken dish blocks all around for the border?
I agree with your idea of keeping things simple around this wonderful, wonderful work Anne :)
And yay to two nights of no snoring :) :)
It's lovely .... you'll have to show us what you do with the border if you decide to do one.
What a lovely piece! I think you're right about a relatively plain border on it as well -- I think your Secret Santa partner is going to be amazed!
Oh Anne! It's beautiful. My first love is stitchery. The recipient will really love this.
I really enjoy watching the process of the girls quilting classes. Can't wait to see the finished product. They have a good teacher. Just look at the precision piecing :)
Great giggly picture of the sleepover boys. Love it!
The stitchery is lovely! I like looking at the progress of the quilt babes. Their colour choices are great and open our eyes at possibilities we hadn´t thought about. Take care.
I love that stitchery. Is it a pattern or your own design?
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